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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1938
Page
3
A devotional meditation on Jesus weeping over Jerusalem as He nears the cross. The piece contrasts human triumph with divine love and calls readers to accept Christ through faith, noting the free will of humankind and the offering of salvation.
The Patoka Register edited by Don Wilson runs as a second class paper. Subscription rate set at $1.50 per year. Entry recorded November 2, 1907, at Patoka Illinois post office under federal act of March 8, 1879.
An editorial urges voters to choose next Tuesday between Horner-endorsed candidates backed by Lucas and Lewis for honest governance and the Kelly Nash machine seen as seeking control of the state. It warns against bosses dictating votes and contrasts reformist leadership with Chicago-based machine influence.
John S. Chance died at 8 a m Thursday March 24 in Sandoval Illinois. Born May 28 1862 he was 75 years 10 months 1 day old. A lifelong resident he is survived by wife Martha Ann Blair two brothers Fred and Harry and three sisters in Salem. Funeral services were held March 26 at 2 p m at Sandoval M Church with Rev Shaffer officiating. Interment followed in Sandoval Cemetery.
A brief, incomplete biblical phrase urges believers to live more fully in the life hidden with Christ in God, suggesting spiritual reflection and inner faith. The text presents a devotional concept rather than a full narrative or event.
Those from here who attended the funeral included Miss Dosha Armstrong and Miss Jane Armstrong of the east side of town.
The 76 year old Frank Meredith of Carrigan township was found dead April 2 by his brother Sam. An inquest placed death around March 26 from a self inflicted gunshot wound. He left three children and funeral services were held at Fredonia Church with interment in Fredonia cemetery.
Household goods owned by Miss Mary Wickersham will be sold at public auction at the Wickersham residence south of the M. E. Church South on Saturday April 16 1938 starting at 1 00 p m. A complete list will appear in next week’s Register. Geo Wickersham.
Sanitary Milk producers paid 165.02 dollars in February quarantine benefits to members, according to M. E. Bone of the association.
The district's milk association provides a fund paying 60 percent of the unsold milk value when the Health Department shuts off fluid market due to contagious disease. In 1937 nineteen members received 610.22 dollars in quarantine benefits for illnesses including scarlet fever smallpox diphtheria and typhoid fever.
The Junior Girls of the First Baptist Church held a monthly class at Miss Rachel Adams home. Mrs. W. M. Nattier led a discussion on the next Sunday School lesson. Patsy Beery and Joyce Barnes won contests. a lunch was served by Mrs. C. A. Adams. Participants included Rachel Adams, Joyce and Genevieve Barnes, Carolyn Nattier, Mesdames Adams and Nattier. Patsy Beery and Dorothy DeLay attended as guests. Next meeting will be at Joyce and Genevieve Barnes' home.
Emma Protz expresses gratitude to those who visited sent flowers fruit candy quilts embroidery books and cards while she was in the hospital She thanks Drs Adams DuComb Cox Martin and neighbors who helped rush her to the hospital and cut and sawed wood for her sister May God bless each giver.
W Y Dallman the Federal Collector of Internal Revenue for the Eighth District of Illinois announced that 38 000 employers in the district have been mailed blank return Forms SS 1a to 38 for use in filing tax and information returns under Title VIII of the Social Security Act for the quarter.
Collector Dallman announces the first Social Security tax period under the new quarterly form SS 1 and SS 1b. The combined tax and information return simplifies reporting, aligns wages used for taxes and employee credits, and urges timely filings by April 30, 1988 to avoid penalties.
Fred J. Blackburn, secretary of the Marion County Fair and Farmers Institute, has received a letter concerning two scholarships for University of Illinois students in Alabama. The notice mentions the institute and its support for higher education in agriculture.
Secretary of State Edward J. Hughs warns motorists to slow and look both ways at all grade crossings. He notes trains cannot detour or stop quickly and stresses that the motorist bears responsibility for safety to prevent deaths or injuries.
Competitive exams for two annual scholarships one for Agriculture and one for Home Economics will be held on the first Saturday in June in the office of County Superintendent Paul B. Chance. English Composition and Literature are required plus two subjects from Mathematics Foreign Language Science Social Studies, with application blanks available from the Illinois Farmers Institute in Springfield Illinois.
Giant steam shovels tear soil as workers prepare the $3,000,000 Federal Area for the New York World's Fair. The display will show government branches with exhibits under Howard L. Cheney's design and United States Fair Commission oversight. President Roosevelt to speak. Henry A. Wallace chairs. other officials and senators named.
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